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S.F. man about to have a smoke beaten to death
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Rodolfo Carreon never wanted to be a burden to his family. Rather than survive off his four grown children, the 71-year-old Carreon preferred to live alone in an apartment in the Clementina Towers housing development in the heart of the South of Market ar
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71 Year-Old Man Beaten to Death during Robbery Attempt
http://sfcrime.blogspot.com/2008/03/72-year-old-man-beaten-t...(03-28) 09:20 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A San Francisco man beaten to death during an apparent robbery attempt in the city's South of Market area was identified by the medical examiner's office today as 71-year-old Rodolfo Carreon. Carreon was attacked at 1:39 a.m. Thursday on Mission Street east of Mary Street, police said. A security guard witnessed the beating, shouted at the attacker from across the street and then called police. The guard said the assailant had beaten Carreon and gone through his pockets before running west toward Sixth Street. Carreon was pronounced dead at San Francisco General Hospital. Police have made no arrests. link
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71-Year-Old Man Is Second Person Beaten to Death In SoMa This Month
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2008/03/71yearold_man_be...An article in today's Chronicle reports that 71-year-old Rodolfo Carson was beaten to death Thursday on Mission St., just east of Mary St., in the SoMa neighborhood."A security guard witnessed the beating, shouted at the attacker from across the street and then called police.The guard said the assailant had beaten Carreon and gone through his pockets before running west toward Sixth Street."No arrests have been made. A homeless woman was beaten to death outside a Soma nightclub earlier this month.-Andy Wright